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Fewer than half of the employees with master’s degrees and only about one-quarter of the employees with doctorates were trained in Saskatchewan. In short, the higher the education degree, the greater the mobility and cross-national movement of employees. D. , and other countries. Nevertheless, it is important to note that the single largest source of both masters and doctoral level employees is the local university in Saskatoon. The data shows that although the local labour market is able to supply much of the labour required, some higher-skilled employees must be recruited from elsewhere.
If the development is solely based on inspiration, neither the economics nor the systems literature has much to add. These developments are often better understood as the result of serendipity rather than planning and effort. Modelling this type of activity is pointless, as inspiration seldom arrives in the same place twice. In contrast, planned and systematic innovation can and should be modelled and examined. This section offers the historical entrepot framework as a new approach for evaluating the incentives and impacts of innovation on firms and regions.
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